Instbtjment eok lasting boots



BENJAMIN LIVERMORE, OF HARTLAND, VERMONT.

INSTRUMENT FOR LASTING BOOTS.

Specification of Letters Patent N o. 9,216, dated August 24, 1852.

To all whom/15 may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN LivnRMoRE, of Hartland, in the county ofWindsor and State of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Improvementon Instruments for Lasting Boots and Shoes, called the LastingInstrument, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being had to-the anneXed drawings, making a part of thisspeciiication, in which- Figure l, is a perspective view of theinstrument. a a. a a are four arms hung at their upper ends on the nut gby the bolts b. 0 is a slot cut in the arms, a a a a through which thebolt CZ, passes. z' is a Standard the lower end` of which is intended torest against the last and at its upper end reaches just above, and ispulled through by the bolt d. f is a screw the end of which is without athread and enters and turns freely in the upper end of the standard e,as Shown at i, in Fig. 2. g is a nut through which the screw f passesand to which the arms a, a. a, a, are attached by the bolts b,

Fig. 2 represent the screw f, the nut g, and the standard e in theirproper position without the arms a, a, a, a, attached to them.

Fig. 3 represents the form of one of the arms, and L is a hook or toothwith which the leather is held.

To operate the instrument I place the standard against the last andfasten the teeth h, it, L, h, to the edge of the upper of the boot orshoe, and by turning the screw f t-he proper way the arms a, a, a, a,are drawn upward and by the operation of the bolt CZ in the slot c thelower ends of the arms are drawn inward toward the standard e thusdrawing the upper of the boot or shoe over the last.

I do not claim as my invention the Screw f, the standard e, the nut g,or the arms a, a, a, a, but

`What I do claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis The mode of bringing the arms together by the means of the slots inthe arms, and the bolt operating in the slots when this is used incombination with the standard e substantially in the manner hereindescribed.

BENJAMIN LIVERMORE.

Witnesses:

SAML. J. EVANS, CHARLES WILLIAMS.

